Method of Producing an Augmented Reality Experience for a Remote Customer Via Linked Media

Abstract

A consumer captures a photograph and associated video and transfers the media to a system server. The system creates a physical print and a unique identifier code of an image of the print. A user can display the print and when a mobile device is directed towards the presented print, the device will initially display the image and its surrounding background. The system then recognizes the presented image as being a system image via the unique code. The device requests the associated video across a network, the server sends the video, and the system then plays the video in the location on the device's display where the photograph image was being displayed previously. The surrounding background can continue to be displayed as well.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of producing an augmented reality experience for a remote customer via linked media, comprising:
 capturing a plurality of media and transferring the plurality of media and related information to a system server;   creating a physical image print and a phase two capture of the physical image print;   creating a unique identifier image code of the phase two capture;   transferring the physical image print to the remote customer;   presenting the physical image print;   viewing the physical image print on a display screen on a device;   scanning the physical image print with the device, and wherein the device recognizes the physical image print as a system image via the unique identifier image code and requests associated media from the system server; and   presenting associated media to the device, and wherein the device presents an augmented reality experience to a user by displaying the associated media on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 wherein the plurality of media includes at least a phase one photograph and an associated video and the associated media comprises the associated video.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 presenting user options to the user.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 presenting user options to the user.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         9 . A system for producing an augmented reality experience for a remote customer via linked media, comprising:
 a system server that comprises a plurality of communicating computing systems, the system server accepts a plurality of captured media that is transferred to the system server;   a physical image print of at least one of the plurality of captured media and a phase two capture of the physical image print by the system server;   a unique identifier image code of the phase two capture created by the system server;   a display screen on a device that can sense and display an image of the physical image print;   wherein the device recognizes the physical image print as a system image via the unique identifier image code and requests associated media from the system server; and   wherein the associated media is displayed on the device as an augmented reality experience to a user, the augmented reality experience comprises displaying the associated media on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 wherein the plurality of media includes at least a phase one photograph and an associated video and the associated media comprises the associated video.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 the augmented reality experience further comprises displaying on demand the associated media on the device in place of the physical image print that would otherwise appear on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         13 . A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer readable logic embodied in said storage medium for enabling a processor to implement an application for producing an augmented reality experience for a remote customer via linked media, comprising:
 first means for enabling the processor to access a plurality of modules in storage for the application;   second means for enabling the processor to implement the plurality of modules, the modules including at least:
 a receiving a plurality of media module configured such that a system server can receive a plurality of captured media; 
 a creating print module configured to orchestrate the creation of a physical image print; 
 a phase two capture module configured to create a digital capture of the physical image print; 
 a create unique identifier image code module configured to create a unique identifier image code of the phase two capture; 
 a transferring the physical image print module configured to orchestrate the transfer of the physical image print to the remote customer; 
 a scan and recognize module that is configured to operate on a remote device, scan the surrounding of the device, recognize the physical image print as a system image via the unique identifier image code and request an associated media from the system server; and 
   a send module that is configured to receive requests from the remote device based on the unique identifier image code, locate and transfer the associated media to the device; and   a display augmented reality module that is configured on the device and presents an augmented reality experience to a user by displaying the associated media on the display screen of the device.   
     
     
         14 . The computer program product of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 wherein the plurality of media includes at least a phase one photograph and an associated video and the associated media comprises the associated video.